They Meet for the First Time, Have Intimate Photo Shoot During Blind Date — and the Pictures Go Viral (Exclusive)

In a world wherever genuine quality relationship often feels retired of reach, 1 photographer is challenging strangers to measurement extracurricular their comfortableness zones – 1 photograph astatine a time. 

Using Facebook arsenic her platform, Anndee Jaelynn Clark invites individuals surviving successful Indianola, Iowa, who are looking to meet personification new, to use for her sessions.

With conscionable a fewer details, nan 25-year-old cautiously pairs group together, capturing nan raw, unfiltered reactions of strangers meeting for nan first time. 

While nan thought of taking pictures of strangers isn’t new, Clark wanted to branch retired from emblematic photoshoots and connection thing much unsocial and meaningful successful her area.

“I decided it would beryllium truthful nosy to not only get retired of my comfortableness area but to thief others get retired of theirs,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively. 

After sharing her first station successful precocious March, looking for consenting participants, she was shocked astatine really galore group expressed liking – and yes, Clark makes judge that they are each truly strangers. 

“I make judge nan matches don’t cognize each different aliases person communal friends,” she explains. “I besides utilized societal media to find singles, whether done communal aliases suggested friends, and I reached retired to them to spot if they would for illustration to beryllium successful a shoot.”

While nan acquisition tin beryllium uncomfortable and sometimes awkward, astir of Clark’s participants travel successful excited to leap extracurricular their comfortableness zone. 

Those willing successful nan unconventional making love acquisition tin motion up for her $45 sessions by messaging her photography page, Anndee Jae Photography, wherever she asks for basal info, specified arsenic age, interests, hobbies, and what they look for successful a partner.

“It was a caller measurement for them to meet personification extracurricular of making love apps,” she shares. 

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So far, Clark has had 2 successful photoshoots, pinch nan parties progressive exchanging telephone numbers successful nan end. “A large point is participants knowing that these sessions require nary committedness afterwards. It’s conscionable for fun, aliases it tin beryllium each of that and more,” she emphasizes. 

Both of nan alien sessions she’s done truthful acold person been effortlessly nosy and easy. The matches connected well, making nan acquisition much comfortable and nan shoots afloat of laughter.

“This task has made maine recognize that successful nan making love world, group are truthful speedy to trim personification disconnected erstwhile their first relationship is complete their phones,” Clark explains.

“This has changed my ain position connected quality connection, whether that beryllium romanticist aliases platonic, by seeing 2 complete strangers being capable to fto their defender down and link pinch each different truthful quickly.” 

At a clip erstwhile forming friendships aliases uncovering partners tin consciousness much isolating than ever, Clark’s task reminds participants of nan magic that tin hap erstwhile they situation to connect.

“The domiciled photography plays successful this is to seizure their existent affectional reactions to seeing each different for nan very first time,” she says. “In these shoots I wanted to uncover that moreover though getting retired of your comfortableness area tin beryllium scary and uncomfortable, it tin besides beryllium rewarding and memorable.”

Clark hopes to animate others to return chances connected caller experiences, showing that unexpected connections pinch strangers tin lead to meaningful relationships.

“You ne'er cognize what you and different alien whitethorn person successful common, which is why I promote doing thing for illustration this; whether it’s a unsighted day aliases a alien photograph shoot,” she tells PEOPLE. “You whitethorn moreover extremity up pinch a romanticist partner aliases a awesome friendship.”